Submissions

Author Guidelines

Periodicity

The journal has a quarterly periodicity edited in January, April, July and October.

Requirements for manuscript submissions

The articles submitted for possible publication in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias shall send the following documents, in their entirety and final version, via the Open Journal System (OJS) interface. No submissions sent otherwise will be accepted:

1. 1.      Submission form: available at the journal’s OJS interface, where specific information on the article and authors is requested.
2. 2.      Letter of originality and non-duplicity, this letter also has to be filled in with the authors’ data and in the case of articles with two and more authors, the data of each of them shall be provided. The responsible and corresponding authors have to be identified.
3. 3.      Form of transfer of property rights, it must be filled in with the authors’ data and signed by them. In the case of articles with two or more authors, the data of each of them shall be provided and the responsible and corresponding authors have to be identified.
4. Attach the submitted article and additional files in full and in their final version. Once the process starts, no changes at all will be accepted.

Requirements for delivery of manuscripts

In order to deliver the material, the following criteria have to be considered:

1. Deliver the text in files in electronic format for word processor, without a password (sending files as PDF is not suitable for the editorial process).
2. Deliver photographs and images in electronic files in jpg format (or compatible) with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. It is essential to attach graphs, tables or charts in separate spreadsheets. Images of graphs, tables or charts are not suitable for the editorial process.
3. Own the reproduction rights of graphic material, images, photographs, artistic work, etcetera, either from the author(s), or else from third parties.

Once the submission requirements are met, the manuscript will be sent to Editorial Review.

Guidelines for authors 

1. Authors interested in publishing in this journal must comply with the guidelines below, which, in general terms, are in agreement with those developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Bol Oficina Sanit Panam 1989;107:422-437.

2. Only unpublished papers will be accepted. They will not be accepted if based on routine tests, or experimental data without statistical study if it is essential. Papers that have been previously published, condensed or in-full, in memories or Symposium of meetings or congresses will not be accepted (except for Abstracts).

3. Manuscript preparation: use Microsoft Word processor, Times New Roman 12, double spacing. A cover letter signed by all the authors must be submitted, accepting the order of co-authorship, by sending them as a digital file; it will indicate the corresponding author, indicating Postal address (no PO Box), telephone number and email address.

4. Being a Journal with arbitration, and to ease reviewers’ activity, all the lines of each page must be numbered; each page numbered, including tables, figures and graphs.

5. The articles will have a maximum extension of 20 pages, double-spacing, excluding Title pages, and tables or figures (which shall not exceed eight). Research notes will have a maximum extension of 15 pages and 6 tables or figures. Bibliographic reviews, a maximum extension of 30 pages and 5 tables.

6. The manuscripts of the three categories published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias must contain the components listed below, starting each of them on a separate page.

Title Page

Abstract in Spanish

Abstract in English

Text

Acknowledgements and Conflict of interest

Cited literature

Tables and graphs

7. Title page. It should only contain the title of the paper, which should be concise but informative; in Spanish and in English. Information such as the authors’ names, departments, institutions, email addresses, etc., is not necessary in the manuscript, since these data will have to be registered during the capture process of the application on the platform OJS (http://ciencias pecuarias.inifap.gob.mx).

8. Abstract in Spanish. The second page must include an abstract not exceeding 250 words. It shall indicate the purpose of the study or research, basic procedures and the methodology used; the most important results found, and if possible, its statistical significance and main conclusions. Following the abstract, on a separate line, add properly labeled, 3 to 8 key words or short phrases that will assist indexers to classify the paper, which will be published with the abstract.

9. Abstract in English. Write the title of the paper in English and then write the "abstract" with the same instructions noted for the abstract in Spanish. At the end, the corresponding key words must be included.

10. Text. The three categories of papers published in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias consist of the following:

a) Scientific articles. Reports of original texts substantiated on partial or final results of research. The text of the scientific article is divided into the following sections:

Introduction

Material and Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusions and implications

a)      In Long articles, it may be necessary to add subtitles within these divisions in order to make the content clearer, especially in the sections Results and Discussion, which may also occur as a single section.

b)      Research Notes. Consist of changes to techniques, reports of clinical cases of special interest, preliminary work or limited research, descriptions of new varieties of grasses; as well as results of research which, in the opinion of the editors must be published. The text will contain the same information from the experimental method mentioned in a), but its wording will be a continuous from the beginning to the end of the paper; it does not mean the removal of subtitles only, but drafting in a continual and coherent manner.

c)      Bibliographic reviews. Treatment and presentation of a theme or topic of relevant timeliness and important; its purpose is to summarize, analyze, and discuss, as well as to provide the reader with information already published on a specific topic. The text is divided into: Introduction, and the sections that apply to the development of the theme.

11. Acknowledgments. Whenever appropriate, collaborations that need to be recognized must be specified, such as (a) technical help received; (b) appreciation for the financial and material support, specifying its nature; (c) financial relationships that might give rise to a conflict of interest. People involved may be cited by name, adding their function or type of collaboration; for example: "scientific advisor", "critical review of the proposal for the study", "data collection", etc.

12. Cited literature. Number the references consecutively in the order in which they are mentioned for the first time in the text. References in the text, tables and illustrations should be identified by numerals in parentheses, without mentioning the year of reference. Avoid as far as possible, the necessity to mention in the text, the name of the authors of the references. Try to refrain from using abstracts as references; "unpublished observations" and "Personal communications" must not be used as references, however they can be inserted in the text (in parentheses).

Basic rules for cited literature

The name of the authors, only the initials in capital letters, starting with the first surname, then the initial of the second surname and the name(s). In the event of hyphenated names a dash should appear between both, example: Elijah-Streets E. there should not appear any punctuation between the initials of an author or separation; after each author there should only be a comma, even after the penultimate; after the last author must be a period.

The full title of the paper should be written (in its original language) then the abbreviated title of the journal where it was published, without any punctuation; the year of publication, then the volume number, followed by the number (in parentheses) of the journal and finally the number of pages (in the event of a regular journal article).

Accepted articles can be included in the list of references, even though they are unpublished; indicate the journal and add "in press" (in parentheses). In the case of a single author (or more than one, but all responsible for the content of the book), after the names, the title of the book, number of edition, country, publishing house and year must be indicated.

In the case of a chapter of a book with multiple authors, include the name of the author of the chapter, title of the chapter, name of the editors and the title of the book, followed by the country, the publisher, year and pages covering the chapter.

In the case of a thesis, the name of the author must be indicated, the title of the work, the degree (in brackets) (undergraduate, master, doctoral), city, state and country, the University (not the school), and finally the year.

Use the style of the examples below, which are partially based on the format that the United States National Library of Medicine uses in Index Medicus.

Journals

Ordinary article, volume and number. (Include the name of all of the authors whenever they are six or fewer; if there are seven or more, include the name of the first six and add “et al.”).

I) Basurto GR, Garza FJD. Efecto de la inclusión de grasa o proteína de escape ruminal en el comportamiento de toretes Brahman en engorda. Téc Pecu Méx 1998;36(1):35-48.

Only number without volume

II) Stephano HA, Gay GM, Ramírez TC. Encephalomielitis, reproductive failure and corneal opacity (blue eye) in pigs associated with a paramyxovirus infection. Vet Rec 1988;(122):6-10.

III) Chupin D, Schuh H. Survey of present status of the use of artificial insemination in developing countries. World Anim Rev 1993;(74-75):26-35.

Author not mentioned

IV) Cancer in South Africa [editorial]. S Afr Med J 1994; 84:15.

Supplement of the journal

V) Hall JB, Staigmiller RB, Short RE, Bellows RA, Bartlett SE. Body composition at puberty in beef heifers as influenced by nutrition and breed [abstract]. J Anim Sci 1998;71(Suppl 1):205.

Organization, author

VI) The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise stress testing. Safety and performance guidelines. Med J Aust 1996;(164):282-284.

Under process of publishing.

VII)Scifres CJ, Kothmann MM. Differential grazing use of herbicide treated area by cattle. J Range Manage [in press] 2000.

Books and other monographs

Writer.

VIII) Steel RGD, Torrie JH. Principles and procedures of statistics: A biometrical approach. 2nd ed. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill Book Co.; 1980.

Writer of a chapter

IX) Roberts SJ. Equine abortion. In: Faulkner LLC editor. Abortion diseases of cattle. 1st ed. Springfield, Illinois, USA: Thomas Books; 1968:158-179.

Memoirs of congresses

X) Loeza LR, Angeles MAA, Cisneros GF. Alimentación de cerdos. In: Zúñiga GJL, Cruz BJA editors. Tercera reunión anual del centro de investigaciones forestales y agropecuarias del estado de Veracruz. Veracruz. 1990:51-56.

XI) Olea PR, Cuarón IJA, Ruiz LFJ, Villagómez AE. Concentración de insulina plasmática en cerdas alimentadas con melaza en la dieta durante la inducción de estro lactacional [summary]. Reunión nacional de investigación pecuaria. Queretaro, Qro. 1998:13.

XII) Cunningham EP. Genetic diversity in domestic animals: strategies for conservation and development. In: Miller RH et al. editors. Proc XX Beltsville Symposium: Biotechnology’s role in genetic improvement of farm animals. USDA. 1996:13.

Thesis

XIII) Alvarez MJA. Inmunidad humoral en la anaplasmosis y babesiosis bovinas en becerros mantenidos en una zona endémica [Master degree thesis]. México, DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 1989. XIV)

Cairns RB. Infrared spectroscopic studies of solid oxygen [doctoral thesis]. Berkeley, California, USA: University of California; 1965.

Organization, author.

XV) NRC. National Research Council. The nutrient requirements of beef cattle. 6th ed. Washington, DC, USA: National Academy Press; 1984.

XVI) SAGAR. Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural. Curso de actualización técnica para la aprobación de médicos veterinarios zootecnistas responsables de establecimientos destinados al sacrificio de animales. Mexico. 1996.

XVII) AOAC. Official methods of analysis. 15th ed. Arlington, VA, USA: Association of Official Analytical Chemists. 1990.

XVIII) SAS. SAS/STAT User’s Guide (Release 6.03). Cary NC, USA: SAS Inst. Inc. 1988.

XIX) SAS. SAS User´s Guide: Statistics (version 5 ed.). Cary NC, USA: SAS Inst. Inc. 1985.

Electronic publications

XX) Jun Y, Ellis M. Effect of group size and feeder type on growth performance and feeding patterns in growing pigs. J Anim Sci 2001;79:803-813. http://jas.fass.org/cgi/reprint/79/4/803.pdf. Accessed Jul 30, 2003.

XXI) Villalobos GC, González VE, Ortega SJA. Técnicas para estimar la degradación de proteína y materia orgánica en el rumen y su importancia en rumiantes en pastoreo. Téc Pecu Méx 2000;38(2): 119-134. http://www.tecnicapecuaria.org/trabajos/ 200212175725.pdf. Accessed Ago 30, 2003.

XXII) Sanh MV, Wiktorsson H, Ly LV. Effect of feeding level on milk production, body weight change, feed conversion and postpartum oestrus of crossbred lactating cows in tropical conditions. Livest Prod Sci 2002;27(2-3):331-338. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03016226. Accessed Sep 12, 2003.

13. Tables, graphs and illustrations. Preferably they are a few, concise, with the necessary data to be self-sufficient, to be understood without reading the text. For footnotes conventional symbols should be used.

14. Final Version. It is the document in which the authors have already integrated the corrections and amendments referred to by the Reviewing Committee. The papers shall be prepared with Microsoft Word. Graphs and figures must be prepared in Word, Power Point, Corel Draw and sent as a separate file (never inserted as images in the text). The tables must not contain any vertical line, while horizontal lines must be only to delimit the column headings and the end of the table.

15. The final manuscript can be sent in both languages, in the event the authors consider it desirable.

16. Thesis. They will be published as an Article or Research Note, if it is in compliance with the rules of this journal.

17. The papers that are not accepted for publication will be returned to the author, with an annex explaining the reasons for rejecting or modifications that should be made to be re-assessed.

1. 18.  Frequently used abbreviations

cal       calorie(s)

cm       centimeter(s)

°C degree(s) Celsius

Ld50 Lethal Dose 50%

g gram (s)

ha hectare(s)

h hour(s)

i.m. intramuscular

IV (intravenous)

J joule(s)

kg kilogram(s)

km kilometer(s)

L Liter(s)

log decimal logarithm

Mcal megacalorie

MJ megajoule(s)

m meter(s)

masl meters above sea level

µg microgram(s)

µl microliter(s)

µm micrometer(s) (micra(s))

mg milligram(s)

ml milliliter(s)

mm millimeter(s)

min minute(s)

ng Nanogram(s)

P Probability (statistical)

p page

CP crude protein

PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction

pp pages

ppm parts per million

% percent (with number)

rpm Revolutions per minute

sec second(s)

t tone(s)

TND total digestible nutrients

AU  animal unit

SI international units

vs versus

xg gravities

Any other abbreviation should be in parentheses immediately after the word(s).

1. 19.  Scientific names and other Latin expressions shall be written in italics.

Checklist for manuscript submission

As a part of the submission process, the authors are required to check that their submission includes all the elements listed below. The submissions that do not meet these requirements will be returned to their authors.

1. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias publish three types of papers: scientific articles, research notes and bibliographic reviews, as an internal policy in force for some years, the journal charges a fee to the authors in order to receive their contributions. As of number 1, volume 7, JANUARY-MARCH 2016 a publication fee is fixed, regardless of the type of paper or its extension, the amount of 5,600 MXN has to be paid, and for authors living abroad, the equivalent in USD.
2. All of the papers will be reviewed by a Scientific Editorial Committee, composed of Peers in the Discipline, who know neither the name nor the institution of the authors. The Editor will notify the authors the date of reception of their work.
3. The text file is in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word format, Arial 12, double spacing.
4. Being a journal with arbitration, and to ease reviewers’ work, all the lines of each page must be numbered; each page as well, including tables, figures and graphs.
5. The text meets the requirements and bibliographic style specified in Guidelines for authors.
6. The articles will have a maximum extension of 20 pages (double spacing, excluding title pages, and tables or figures (which shall not exceed eight). Research notes will have a maximum extension of 15 pages and 6 tables or figures. Bibliographic Reviews a maximum extension of 30 pages and tables.
7. None of the manuscripts should include the name of the authors, as in point 3 of this system, the authors will be able to enter such information, ensuring that it is a double-blind assessment.
8. If a complementary file is required, authors can upload it in step 4 of submission.
9. NB: At this stage compressed files are not accepted, if two or more files are required, the files’ uploading must be carried out one by one, as necessary information is requested for each one.
10. Only unpublished papers will be accepted, and as of the year 2016 the journal is fully digital.
11. Likewise, a cover letter signed by all authors must be submitted, accepting the order of co-authorship, by sending it on a digital file, upload it in step 4 of submission; it will indicate the corresponding author, indicating postal address (no PO Box), telephone number and e-mail address.

Copyright notice

The authors who publish in Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias accept the following conditions:

In accordance with copyright laws, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias recognizes and respects the authors’ moral rights, as well as the ownership of property rights, which will be transferred to the journal for dissemination in open access.